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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1988

MR NG IS A MEMBER OF HONG KONG MILITARY MODELLING SOCIETY AND TAKES EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE REAL LIFE EXAMPLES OF THE MILITARY HARDWARE UK REPRODUCES SO ACCURATELY IN HIS SCALE MODELS.

ARE PRIVILEGED ΤΟ GO ABOARD MILITARY SHIPS, SUCH AS THE "ENTERPRISE" OR THE "MIDWAY" AIRCRAFT CARRIER, WHEN THRY VISIT HONG KONG.

MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY

SAID MR NG : "MODELLING IS NOT JUST A GAME FOR CHILDREN. MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, FROM LAWYERS TO ORDINARY WORKERS,

IN FACT MODELLING HELPS ME TO DEVELOP MY POWERS. OF OBSERVATION BECAUSE I HAVE TO KNOW THE EXACT POSITION OF EACH COMPONENT AND FIT THEM ALL. IN THE RIGHT PLACĖS.

"

HE ALSO USES REFERENCE BOOKS TO STUDY THE EXACT

OF THE SUBJECTS OF HIS MODELS.

SPECIFICATIONS

AS HE IS A POLICE MARINER IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT MR NG HAS NOW TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO MODELLING A POLICE LAUNCH. HIS SUBJECT 19 PL 71 THE DAMEN MARK III "KING YER".

HIS AMBITIOUS PROJECT WILL BE ΤΟ BUILD A 42-INCH MODEL OF THE "KING YEE" TO A SCALE OF 1:25.

"I EXPECT TO TAKE A YEAR TO COMPLETE THE MODEL AND IF IT IS A SUCCESS I PLAN TO FIT IT WITH REMOTE CONTROL POWER. IT WILL BE COMPLETELY SEA WORTHY.

"IT WILL COST ME MORE THAN $10,000 TO BUILD ONE MODEL DAMEN BUT IF I CAN ATTRACT THE INTEREST OF OTHER POLICE OFFICERS WE CAN REDUCE HR COST CONSIDERABLY.

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'IF WE GOT TOGETHER TO BUILD A COMPLETE FLEET OF 15 MODEL POLICE LAUNCHES WE COULD REDUCE THE COST PER LAUNCH TO AROUND $3,000.

"WE WOULD BE SPENDING ABOUT TWO HOURS A DAY ON THE PROJECT IN OUR OUR OWN SPARE TIME,

WHICH ARE

OFFICERS VITALLY

"THE EXERCISE WILL ALSO HELP US TO BECOME BETTER POLICE BECAUSE MODELLING GIVES US PATIENCE AND ENDURANCE IMPORTANT IN OUR JOBS.

MR NG JOINED THE FORCE IN 1978 AS A POLICE CONSTABLE. HE WAS PROMOTED SERGEANT IN 1984 AND BECAME AN INSPECTOR IN 1986.

BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO MARINE REGION IN APRIL THIS SERVED IN UNIFORM BRANCH, POLICE TACTICAL UNIT AND EMERGENCY

HE RECEIVED A COMMANDING OFFICER'S COMMENDATION IN 1985 WORK IN A PROTRACTED AND SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATION OF A GANG POCKETS.

YBAR HE UNIT.

OF

FOR HIS PICK

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